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Oriental poppy

Papaver orientale 'pizzicato'

Description:

Humongous-sized poppy. The flower can be as big as your head!

Habitat:

It usually thrives in light calcareous soil and in full sun or part shade. Native to the Caucasus, northeastern Turkey, and northern Iran.

Notes:

Botanical Garden Leuven

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10 Comments

Marta RubioTexeira
Marta RubioTexeira 10 months ago

Thanks, annorion :-)

annorion
annorion 10 months ago

Great collection!

pouihi
pouihi 11 months ago

amazing macros

Argy Bee
Argy Bee 11 months ago

That's amazing Maria. Never heard of this.

Marta RubioTexeira
Marta RubioTexeira 11 months ago

Gracias! Thanks!

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 11 months ago

guau! increible Marta! te felicito!

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 11 months ago

gorgeous Marta

Galantliv
Galantliv 11 months ago

Very beautiful, indeed!

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 months ago

Interesting,

ShannaB
ShannaB 11 months ago

Wow!!

Leuven, Vlaanderen, Belgium

Lat: 50.88, Long: 4.71

Spotted on Jun 9, 2012
Submitted on Jun 9, 2012

Reference

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